Tuesday, July 13, 2021

King & His Servant

    


King & His Servant

The late king of a known Kingdom had ten wild dogs.

He used them to torture and eat any of his servants who made a mistake.

One of the servants gave an opinion which was wrong, and the king didn't like it at all.

So he ordered that the servant be thrown to the dogs.

The servant said, “I served you for ten years, and you do this to me? Please give me ten days before throwing me to those dogs!” The king agreed.

In those ten days, the servant went to the guard who looks after the dogs and told him he would like to serve the dogs for the next ten days.

The guard was baffled but agreed, and the servant started feeding the dogs, cleaning for them, bathing them, and providing all sorts of comfort for them.

When the ten days were over, the king ordered that the servant be thrown to the dogs for his punishment.

When he was thrown in, we were all amazed to see the ravenous dogs only licking the feet of the servant!

The king, baffled at what he was seeing, said, ”What has happened to my dogs?”

The servant replied, “I served the dogs for only ten days, and they didn't forget my service

Yet I served you for a whole ten years and you forgot all, at my first mistake!”

The king realised his mistake and ordered the servant to be set free.

Moral of the story: message to all those who forget the good things a person did for them as soon as the person makes a mistake towards them.

Don't put out the history that is filled with good because of a mistake you don't like.

Hope I made sense?

Food for thought!

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Monday, July 12, 2021

Iconic Dresses on Display


The Lobster-dress (1937)
Designed by Elsa Schiaparelli with the Lobster-motif by Salvador Dali. On the right the infamous Wallis Simpson wearing the dress



Wallis in another Schiaparelli design from the summer of 1937.



Balenciaga is inspired by the 'Portrait of Maria del Rosario de Silva
 and Gurtubay, Duchess of Alba', Painted by Ignacio Zuloaga.



Yves Saint Laurent

“Simplicity carried to an extreme, becomes elegance.” – Jon Franklin

 


“Elegance is not being noticed, it’s about being remembered.” – Giorgio Armani



“Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.” – Coco Chanel


“Elegance isn’t solely defined by what you wear. It’s how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.” – Carolina Herrera


“The only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it.” – Diana Vreeland



“Elegance is not an outer quality, but a part of the soul that is visible to others.” – Paulo Coelho



“True elegance becomes more so as it approaches simplicity.” – Henry Ward Beecher




THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR